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enMD state senator proposes "Toaster Pastry Gun Freedom Act"https://www.freetalklive.com/content/md_state_senator_proposes_toaster_pastry_gun_freedom_act
<p>A Maryland state senator has crafted a bill to curb the zeal of public school officials who are tempted to suspend students as young as kindergarten for having things — or talking about things, or eating things — that represent guns, but aren’t actually anything like real guns. The bill also includes a section mandating counseling for school officials who fail to distinguish between guns and things that resemble guns. School officials who fail to make such a distinction more than once would face discipline themselves.</p>
https://www.freetalklive.com/content/md_state_senator_proposes_toaster_pastry_gun_freedom_act#commentscounselingFirearms, Guns and WeaponsNews Articlepop tartpublic schoolszero toleranceMon, 11 Mar 2013 05:12:06 +0000phonon26917 at https://www.freetalklive.comColordo boy suspended for pretending to save the wold from evil.https://www.freetalklive.com/content/colordo_boy_suspended_pretending_save_wold_evil
<p>A 7-year-old Colorado boy has been suspended for pretending to throw an imaginary grenade, even though the child claims he was just trying to save the world from evil.</p>
https://www.freetalklive.com/content/colordo_boy_suspended_pretending_save_wold_evil#commentsEducationeducationNews Articlepublic schoolsWed, 06 Feb 2013 23:21:30 +0000sanchopanza25974 at https://www.freetalklive.comPolice Investigate 18 yr Old Bus Driver for Having a Conversation https://www.freetalklive.com/content/police_investigate_18_yr_old_bus_driver_having_conversation
<p>Another gem from the Cranberry Patch outside of Pittsburgh, PA and surrounding police departments/citizens. An 18 yr old bus driver is repeatedly questioned by the police and suspended from his job for allegedly having a conversation with a student over the Christmas break. The student is not on the driver's bus route.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.freetalklive.com/content/police_investigate_18_yr_old_bus_driver_having_conversation" target="_blank">read more</a></p>https://www.freetalklive.com/content/police_investigate_18_yr_old_bus_driver_having_conversation#commentsbus driverCranberry Patchgovernment schoolsNews ArticlePatch.comPittsburghpolicePolice Statepublic schoolssuburbsTue, 05 Feb 2013 22:02:04 +0000Erin Jane25944 at https://www.freetalklive.comSchool District Owes $1 Billion On $100 Million Loan https://www.freetalklive.com/content/school_district_owes_1_billion_100_million_loan
<p>More than 200 school districts across California are taking a second look at the high price of the debt they've taken on using risky financial arrangements. Collectively, the districts have borrowed billions in loans that defer payments for years — leaving many districts owing far more than they borrowed.</p>
https://www.freetalklive.com/content/school_district_owes_1_billion_100_million_loan#commentscaliforniaEducationNews Articlepublic schoolsTue, 11 Dec 2012 14:11:14 +0000Jking876724925 at https://www.freetalklive.comClassic books dropped from curriculum, replaced with boringnesshttps://www.freetalklive.com/content/classic_books_dropped_curriculum_replaced_boringness
<p>Books such as JD Salinger's Catcher in the Rye and Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird will be replaced by "informational texts" approved by the Common Core State Standards. Suggested non-fiction texts include Recommended Levels of Insulation by the the US Environmental Protection Agency, and the Invasive Plant Inventory, by California's Invasive Plant Council.</p>
https://www.freetalklive.com/content/classic_books_dropped_curriculum_replaced_boringness#commentsEducationliteratureNews Articlepublic schoolsFri, 07 Dec 2012 22:01:58 +0000phonon24874 at https://www.freetalklive.comTeacher uses face marking to shame slow readershttps://www.freetalklive.com/content/teacher_uses_face_marking_shame_slow_readers